Mulliken

loc · Latin script

Meaning: from Ó Maolagáin, see Milligan

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mulliken is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • GBUnited Kingdom

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Ó Maolagáin, see Milligan . Further information: This form of the name is rare in Ireland and Britain but is more numerous in the USA. Mullikin

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mulliken is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Maolagain (see Milligan).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, Robert S., US chemist, physicist

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Croatian, američki fizikalni kemičar, Nobelova nagrada za kemiju 1966.

    as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

186018801900192019401960Harry B. Mulliken, b. 1872Robert Sanderson Mulliken, b. 1896Robert Mulliken, b. 1916Bill Mulliken, b. 1939Joyce Mulliken, b. 1945

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Mulliken
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000297#62,961
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020282#73,993
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010239#79,598
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Mulliken come from?
from Ó Maolagáin, see Milligan . Further information: This form of the name is rare in Ireland and Britain but is more numerous in the USA. Mullikin Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
What does the name Mulliken mean?
Recorded meaning: from Ó Maolagáin, see Milligan .
In which country does Mulliken have the most bearers?
Mulliken is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mulliken”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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